Help:Proofreading

Books (in .pdf format) can be uploaded to the Mises Wiki, just like images. Then, anyone in the world can proofread them, page by page, in order to generate accurate html reproductions of original books.

Proofread pages

Formatting templates

You will find that a number of formatting templates are helpful:

• {{center}} or {{c}}: Center text
• {{right}} or {{r}}: Right align text
• {{running header}} or {{rh}}: Generates a properly formatted running header
• {{larger}}: Makes text larger

Sections

Sections make it possible to show only part of a page in the main namespace. For example, if Chapter 3 of a book begins in the middle of a page, I could use <section begin="chapter3"</nowiki> /></nowiki> and <section end="chapter3"</nowiki> /></nowiki> to indicate the part of the page I want to designate as part of Chapter 3:

<section begin="chapter2" />Page begins near the end of chapter 2, and then...

chapter 2 ends.<section end="chapter2" />

<section begin="chapter3" />Title of Chapter 3

Chapter 3 begins here, and continues to the end of the page<section end="chapter3" />

Combine pages into one work

To combine proofread pages in the main namespace, use the following syntax, replacing all italics with actual values:

<pages index="Name of the text.pdf" from=Initial_page_# to=Final_page_# fromsection=Start_section_name tosection=End_section_name header=1 />

• index: The name of the book's file
• from: The page number of the initial page
• to: The page number of the final page
• fromsection: Optional. If the initial page has a section, and you don't want to include anything on that page except that section, add the section name here.
• tosection:Optional. If the final page has a section, and you don't want to include anything from that page except that section, add the section name here.
• header: if set to "1," generates a header from information on the Index page.

Example

For example: <pages index="Marxism Unmasked.pdf" from=8 to=12 fromsection=chapter1 tosection=chapter1 header=1 />

In this case, pages 8–12 of Index:Marxism Unmasked.pdf will appear on the page. However, only the parts of page 8 and page 12 that are in "section1" will appear; the rest of those two pages will not. In addition, a header will appear at the top of the page, thanks to header=1.